Kobe+Bryant

= Kobe Bryant﻿ ﻿   =

2008-2009
== ** Kobe Bryant helped the lakers tremendously in winning their two championships from 2008-2010. ** ** ﻿In their first championship year, which was 2008-2009 season, Kobe lead the lakers to a franchise record for most wins to start a season. They started out 17-2. He was selected to his eleventh All-Star game as a starter, and was named the Western Conference Player of the Month for December and January in addition to being named Western Conference Player of the week three times. In a game against the Knicks on February 2, 2009, Bryant scored 61 points, setting a record for the most points scored at Madison Square Garden. Bryant was selected to the All-NBA First Team and All-Defensive First Team for the seventh time in his career. Bryant did wonderful in the playoffs and won his fourth title versus. the Magic. Bryant averaged in the series: 32.4 points, 7.4 assists, 5.6 rebounds, 1.4 steals and 1.4 blocks. He became the first player since Jerry West in the 1969 NBA Finals to average at least 32.4 points and 7.4 assists for a finals series and the first since Michael Jordan  to average 30 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists for a championship winning team in the finals. ** ==

2009-2010
== In the 2009–10 season, Kobe made a buzzer-beating, one-legged three point shot against the Miami Heat on December 4, 2009. A week later, Bryant suffered an avulsion fracture in his right index finger against the Minnesota Timberwolves. Bryant continued playing with it. Early after the injury, he made another game winning shot against the Milwaukee Bucks in overtime. Bryant became the youngest player at 31 years to reach 25,000 points during a season, passing Wilt Chamberlain. Kobe continued his big plays making another game winning three-pointer against the Sacramento Kings and a game-winning shot against the Boston Celtics. The next day, he passed Jerry West to become the all-time leading scorer in Lakers franchise history. After being benched for five games from an ankle injury, Bryant made another big three-pointer to give the Lakers a one point lead with four seconds left against the Memphis Grizzlies. Two weeks later he made another game-winning shot against the Toronto Raptors. Bryant finished the regular season missing four of the final five games with injuries. Bryant suffered injuries the whole season and as a result, missed nine games. == ==  Kobe and the Lakers began the playoffs with the number one seed in the western conference against the Oklahoma City Thunder, beating them in six games. Kobe bryant led the lakers and beat the Utah Jazz 4-0 games in the second round Conference Finals, where they played the Phoenix Suns. In Game 2, Bryant ended the game with 13 assists, making a new playoff career high. Kobe lead the Lakers to defeat the Suns in Game 6. In a rematch against the 2008 Champions Boston Celtics, Bryant, shooting only 6 for 24 from the field, led the Lakers back from being thirteen down in the third quarter in Game 7 to win the championship. Kobe scored 10 of his game-high 23 points in the fourth quarter, and ended the game with 15 rebounds. Bryant won his fifth championship and received his second consecutive MVP award. Bryant said that this was the most satisfying of all of his five championships. ==